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Dog rubbish on the centre green brought speedway back to Cradley Heath ! Local Cradley football team "The Lukes " had Dudley Wood Stadium for their home ground in the '50s but regularly had to complain to the owners about the mess. . When one player slipped and fell on it and broke his leg it was the last straw. The team withdrew. With just one sport, - dogs - the stadium didn't pay: it needed 2 sports to be viable, so speedway was brought back in 1960 (after a one-off trial mtg in '59.) https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/ https://www.speedway-sa.com/

As of last year, the ACU re-entered Flat Track racing with an official competition, the ACU British Flat Track Championship, in the realisation that, whilst licensing FT riders for entry into the FT World Championships, they had no official domestic route to develop and mentor riders to international level. Along with their Championship, embracing 9 classes including Youths, PRO Lite and an exclusive Ladies class, an FT Academy scheme was also introduced. All this in parallel and unconnected with the DTRAs Nationals, which continue unaffected. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/flat-track.php

The Street / Crump dynasty took another Championship this week as 26 yr old Tayla Street won the NORA British Women's title at Smallbrook, IoW. She travelled to Croatia last month to finish 4th in the de facto Women's World Championship, i.e World Cup, and has been touring UK tracks since. With little more than 4-person fields for both NORA and BSPA/ACU Women's championships the latter is today seemingly dead. Notwithstanding, the ACU have established a Ladies Class in their newly established ACU British Flat Track Championship, - set up in parallel to DTRAs Nationals - , won in the inaugural year 2025 by Skye Adams, former DTRA F/T Hooligan champ in their mixed gender Nationals. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

The inaugural FIME "Europeean Flat Track Cup" competition was staged at St.Johann-im-Pongau, Austria in August 2026. Intended as a pathway for emerging FT riders toward higher international level, 24 riders from 12 countries met in 12 heats, a 'Last Chance' semi, and a Final, which was won by Ossi Rantala of Finland, riding through the meeting unbeaten. Czech rider Vít Janoušek was runner-up, with Max Hellmann of Austria in 3rd place. Britain's sole representaive Thomas Woolley was 6th. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/flat-track.php

Joined the crowd for my second meeting at Brafield last night. 60 years ago (Brafield v Cradley 'B') I was with my new bride, this time we were 3 generations ! Speedway Champions

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Not only does the website, Speedway Champions correctly identify the 1930s Paris-based World Championship results recently endorsed in last week's Sp.Star, (and now corrected on a well know encyclopaedic site,) - detail and results are also included of the other World title competitions, both in Argentina and in Australia - their unofficial 'World's Championship Series' and their less familiar ACU official 'World's Speedway Derbys' which ran until 1942 when war in the Pacific brought the competition to an end.

Meeting summary and results, Gold Trophy and Trophy of Croatia, with podium images plus fully identidied Academy line up, on Speedway Champions website. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

Meeting summary and results, Gold Trophy and Trophy of Croatia, with podium images plus fully identidied Academy line up, on Speedway Champions website. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php

Be aware that the original 'Speedway Champions' site with the short .com address has been hijacked by a gambling site, and can appear, corrupted, on some browsers, - laptop, desktop or mobile. Ensure to use the longer yolasite.com address, www.speedwaychampions.yolasite.com which presently opens with an image of Zmarzlik in blue.

125cc Class or 125cc Support Class: whats the difference ? Why ?

Updated to included FIM's 'Ladies Cup', Academies, Participants, etc. https://speedwaychampions.yolasite.com/women-champions.php